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breathe with help from the nurse.
His heart stopped for a moment, the nurse informed him. She shot off the list of
symptoms he had had in the past few moments. Jordan quickly tested the older man and
ordered the medicine needed for his injection.
I m all right, the old man said through quick breaths. I saw a cute nurse wander
by and she made my heart stop.
Jordan smiled. Well, your recent surgery could have had something to do with it,
too, he said, checking the older man s pulse and watching the heart monitor. Looks like
you re coming out of it now, but I would feel a little better if you still took the medicine
to calm yourself down a little.
The nurse handed Jordan the syringe, which he injected into the older man.
Watching his patient relax, Jordan felt a little calmer.
Whatsa matter?
Jordan looked up. What do you mean?
You look like you just lost the love of your life.
Jordan managed a laugh. You noticed that, huh?
Ah, when you become my age nothing surprises you anymore and everything is
clear. You know the ins and outs of every emotion and feeling. Yet you still can t figure
out the reason and reality behind love.
Jordan put the syringe away and made a few notes on his clipboard. Yeah, I hear
that.
So, what s her name?
Jordan s jaw flexed. Renee.
This Renee beautiful?
He smiled. Yeah. She s beautiful. Caring, loving, ambitious. She s straight-laced,
which is the opposite of me. She puts her mind on something and goes after it. I admire
that. I admire her.
Hold on to that girl and that feeling, man. Don t let her slip away. Whatever you
do, don t let her go because the small moments you share are the ones that will last. Even
now, they may be all you have left.
Jordan pushed the foreboding words out of his mind as he told the older man to call
him if he needed anything else. He already tried to hold on to her once and she got away.
Jordan wandered down the hall, ready to finish his run for the evening. He had just
about finished up everything with his patients in the hospital. He had tried to call Renee
over and over again but she never took his calls. She even unplugged her answering
machine, sending all calls to a forwarding number. Even Henry, the man who sent calls to
the island refused to even speak with him, citing that Renee was gone.
Where to exactly? He racked his brain over and over to figure it out. Did she resent
him for leaving? Surely he got his note for where she could find him if she needed to.
Why hadn t she tried to contact him?
All his answers would come just as soon as she booked a flight back to St. Thomas.
Normally, the villa would be off limits as would the driver and anything else that
belonged to the Brentwood name. That is if Jordan hadn t faxed his father a little note
mentioning how he knew about all his little infidelities and the information would fetch
his ex-wives a pretty penny if they were to go to the courts with his evidence. Blood may
be thicker than water but he had done enough bleeding for the both of him while he stood
by and watched his father cheat one woman after another. He was sick of it. And now
that he was ready to move on, he wouldn t condone it any longer.
Jordan was ready to take off his jacket and head home when he felt a pair of thin
cold fingers wrap around his arm, stopping him in mid-stride. He whirled around, almost
dropping the silver clipboard in his hands. Excuse
Hey! Sheila s blue eyes sparkled as she looked at him. Thanks for telling me
when you got back.
Sheila. Just exactly the person he did not want to see right now.
Jordan. Sheila s voice brought him back to Earth. What s going on between us?
Sheila, there is no us. He folded the clipboard under his arm. There never even
was an us .
So all those times you screwed me down in the cellar were just to feed your own
ego? she said, placing her hands on her hips. To add me to the growing list of notches
on your belt?
Jordan hated himself for sleeping with her and for all those other women who meant
nothing to him. He d rewind the clock right back to the beginning if he could take that
trip and see Renee all over again. Look, Sheila. I don t know what you and my father
have going but now that I ve taken care of him. I m going to take care of you. He leaned
in close to her and spoke clearly despite his gritted teeth. You, mean nothing to me.
Even more so now that you ran off to tell him about my girlfriend. I love her, Sheila.
Nothing, I repeat, nothing in this world is going to make me stop loving her. You can
make all the threats, the pouts and the evil gazes until your eyes fall out, but that s the
way I feel. I will not have you encroach upon my personal space with your problems ever
again. This is the last you ll be seeing of me. I hope you have a good life, Sheila.
Sheila released an exasperated huff as she turned and watched him leave. You can t
walk away from me Jordan Brentwood! Not after what we have! Jordan! Come back
here!
He reminded himself to call security if she continued to make a raucous. If Sheila
was going to act like a spoiled child, she can do so on her own time and not on hospital
minutes. There were much more important things at hand that needed to be taken care of.
As he started down the hall, Jordan thought he spotted Dr. Westmore talking to a
familiar young woman. A young woman who resembled Renee. Looking closer, he
realized it was Renee. Something came alive inside of him. Maybe she was coming to see
him. He took in a deep breath and began walking toward her. Just as she finished talking
to the doctor, Renee turned and looked straight into his eyes.
Before he could open his mouth to speak, she quickly walked past him.
Renee...Renee! Catching up to her, he slipped his hand into her arm, but it was
smacked away. What is it with you? I ve been waiting for you to contact me.
Renee shot him a look of amazement. Excuse me? You ve been waiting...
She scoffed. Tell me something, Jordan, how can you wait for me to contact you
when you disappear the morning after we...I can t believe you have the gall to even look
me in the eye and lie like that.
Lie?! He pulled her over to the side and lowered his voice as he noticed the
curious gazes around them. Renee, my father called me here because he supposedly
needed me. He told he was in the hospital, for Pete s sake. When I got here I found it was
only because he needed a fall guy to clear his conscience after his latest soon-to-be-ex
found out about yet another one of his infidelities. But I m not going to be his fall guy
anymore. He s on his own. I didn t want to wake you because you looked so peaceful.
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